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PLOT MAESTRO
Plot Maestro is one of several educational programs from
Russ & Ryan EdWare. For additional information, screen
shots, program descriptions, feature lists, revision history
and sample reports, please visit the Russ & Ryan EdWare home
page at:
www.rredware.com
The on-line help also includes extensive documentation.
Plot Maestro is an advanced plotting program suitable for
math and science teachers of all levels and their students.
The license allows the teacher to distribute the program to
their current students or to install the program on
classroom computers used by their current students. It is
ideal for doing demonstrations, analyzing lab data, creating
graphs that may be included in tests, lesson plans, or
technical papers or for assigning exercises for the student
to complete. Teachers will find that it is much easier for
the students to use than graphing calculators and that the
charts, which may be printed at full printer resolution, are
more functional. Plot Maestro will allow more time to be
spent analyzing the math and physics involved in a
particular chart compared to the mechanics involved in how
to produce the chart.
For starters, Plot Maestro allows you to plot graphs the
old fashioned way using graph paper. It can print high
resolution, accurately scaled graph paper for 20 of the most
popular graph paper types including various square types
(English and Metric), full log, semi-log, polar and
isometric-orthographic types. Students can now print their
own graph paper.
Plot Maestro has full support for plotting data sets of x,
y data pairs. The program can also calculate and plot the
best fit curve to the data set using linear, exponential,
logarithmic or power curve fits and will calculate the
coefficient of determination. This allows the student to
determine which method produces the best fit. Up to 10
different data sets may be plotted on the same chart.
Plot Maestro may also plot any formula. Formulas may be
entered using a simple BASIC like syntax and may include
more than 50 built in functions, 18 operators and any number
of user defined constants. Formulas may also contain
variables that can be evaluated at run time. Up to 10
different formulas may be plotted on a single chart.
Plot Maestro also includes a calculator that can evaluate
any expression and an equation solver that can calculate the
roots to any equation and numerically integrate formulas.
Plot Maestro is a 32 bit program and requires Windows 95
or Windows NT. A Pentium CPU with a minimum of 16 MB of RAM
is recommended to run the program.
The included setup program requires Windows 95 or Windows
NT. To install the programs, just run the setup.exe
program. If you would like to review the on-line
documentation prior to installing the programs, use the /x
command line switch:
SETUP /X
You can then elect to only install the following help
file:
PMAESTRO.HLP
You can view the help file by double clicking it from the
Windows Explorer. The help file contains extensive
documentation as well as an order form and pricing
information. The help file also includes a tutorial to help
get first time users proficient in using the program.
The setup program may be run directly from your hard disk
or CD-ROM if you have downloaded the program or obtained a
CD-ROM copy. You may install over a previous installation
if you are upgrading. However, you should not install a
shareware copy over an existing registered copy. The setup
program will not delete or modify any of your existing data.
The default directory for installing the program is;
C:\PROGRAM FILES\PMAESTRO
The setup program will check all shared files for internal
version information and only replace those that are the same
revision or older. This allows you to replace any shared
file that may have become corrupted by just running the
setup program again. No other programs should be running
when you run the setup program. If one of the shared files
is in use, the setup program may not be able to replace it.
If you get a message saying that a file is in use, you
should shut down the program that is using it. If this is
not feasible, you can elect to skip the file. Since the
file is already in use, this is usually adequate unless the
installed file happens to be an older version.
Registered users may obtain technical support for the Plot
Maestro program directly from the program author. Do not
call the 800 order line for support or to ask questions
about the latest version, desired features, etc. Please
help keep the cost of the program low by only using the 800
number for actual orders. Technical questions will not be
answered on the 800 line.
Depending on how fast you need an answer, you may obtain
support by mail, email, fax or phone. If requesting support
by mail or email, please identify yourself (email screen
names do not identify you), and describe the problem you are
having. Students are not eligible for technical support.
They should obtain technical support from the registered
teacher.
Russell Stevens
Russ & Ryan EdWare
5191 Pine Grove Drive
Spruce, MI 48762
517-727-2066
Compuserve
70150,323 or rastevens@compuserve.com
America Online
RAStevens
Internet
rastevens@aol.com
Technical support for unregistered users is limited to
setup and installation questions only.